amazing christmas Facts Author Yurova Veronika Ivanovna

amazing christmas Facts Author: Yurova Veronika Ivanovna

The name “Santa Claus” comes from the Dutch Sinter Klaus, short for Sinter Nikolaus or Saint Nicholas. In 1995, In Canada, Santa Claus was given his own postcode – HOHOHO.

The Christmas tree originated in Germany in the 16 th century. It was usually decorated with apples. Scientists say that Christmas trees are edible. The needles are a good source of vitamin C edible- съедобный

The Spanish and the Portuguese introduced the Christmas tree to Latin America, but unfortunately there are no fir trees there, So what do you think they decorate? The Christmas cactus of course!

A traditional Christmas dinner in early England was the head of a pig prepared with mustard. It was usually followed by roast peacock. Mustard- горчица, Peacock- павлин

In 1399, King Richard II of England had a rather large Christmas dinner in Londonthe meal included 28 oxen, 300 sheep and deer, and thousands of chickens. Over 10, 000 people were invited and the feast lasted three days! There were 1, 000 cooks to prepare meal. Ox- бык, deer- олень

The largest Christmas cracker was 45. 72 metres long and 3. 04 metres in diameter. It was made by Australian international rugby player Ray Price to surprise his friends.

According to a survey, 7 out of 10 British dogs get Christmas gifts from their loving owners. About 2 million tonnes of Christmas presents are given at Christmas.

Charles Dickens~ A Christmas Carol was written in 6 weeks. It appeared with four colour pictures in time for Christmas 1843. It was not easy to write – for inspiration he walked 2 or 3 kilometres each night around the black streets of London… On Christmas Day in 1843 he went skating.

The Task: 1. Tell us, please, which information was new for you. 2. Do you know any amazing facts from the history of Russian Christmas? 3. Do you like this holiday? And why?